Chicken stuffing casserol
Is there anything better than comfort food? We are big on comfort food in our house, and chicken stuffing casserole is one of our favorites and go to meals. It is super easy to make, and everyone will love it! My mom used to make this all the time and it was very much one of my favorite meals, she still makes it when she comes to visit. I have taken this meal, a regular from my childhood and make it often for my family. and you will too. You can prep it the night before and refrigerate to cook the next night, or you can cook it all on the stove top if you don’t want to run the oven or don’t have one, and also just fill a big casserole pan and bake in the oven. No matter how you prepare this meal it is awesome!
-This ingredients list is made for a family of six. If you're a smaller family cut ingredients in half, if a larger family double the recipe, or if you just like having leftovers make as much you like because it makes a great lunch for the next day as well! -
Ingredients:
3 lbs. of chicken
3 cups Cream of chicken (see homemade cream of chicken recipe)
8oz Mexican blend shredded cheese (or your choice of cheese)
2 boxes of your favorite Stuffing
Green onions (optional)
Directions:
1- Cube up your chicken of choice, I usually use chicken breast or chicken thighs. If you want to cook the chicken whole and shred afterwards that works great too! Once cut season your chicken how you like, I like to use garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and Cajun seasoning. Then cook your chicken and set to the side, DONT drain the broth from your cooked chicken!
2- Next you will want to prepare your cream of chicken, click this link -Cream of Chicken- to see my recipe for homemade cream of chicken. if you are using canned cream of chicken skip this step and wait to add it to your chicken until after you use the broth from the chicken in your stuffing.
3- Remember the broth from your cooked chicken? Time to use that in your stuffing. Pour your stuffing into your pan of choice that you are using, I use a 12in by 4in deep Dutch oven on my stove stop for this. Once your stuffing is in your pan strain your broth from your cooked chicken into your stuffing and mix till it is all coated and spread out to cover the bottom of your pan.
4- Now take your cream of chicken and mix it into your cooked chicken. After you have mixed those, you can pour the mixture over the top of your stuffing and spread evenly over the stuffing. Now the cheese part is really up to you, but I usually use about a full 8oz bag of Mexican blend cheese, sometimes more cause well cheese is cheese! Spread your cheese out to cover the top of your chicken and then if you are cooking stove top like I do just put the cover on and set it to low medium heat and let it cook for about 20 min till the cheese is all melted and a little bubbly. If you are using the oven, cover your casserole pan with tin foil and cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes then remove tinfoil and cook for another 10 minutes.
After cooking you can top with chopped green onions or just enjoy as is. You're going to love this easy, yummy, comfort meal and so will your family. Enjoy!
